Ironing board



Feb. 20, 1934. H, R NORTHUP 1,947,613

IRONING BOARD Filed Feb. 20. 1933 Patented Feb.- 20, 1934 UNITEDs'rA'rlzs APanam' OFFICE ZCIaims.

My object is to provide a simple, inexpensive and durable improvement inironing boards, including a thin metal sheet on top of an ordinaryironing board.

Another object is to so mount the metal sheet Athat it will be ilxed tothe ironing board in a manner that will not permit the metal sheet tobuckle.

A further purpose is to arrange the metal sheet within the outline ofthe board, so that it will not buckle against a pad or the like arrangedabove the metal sheet and secured to the board.

It is my object to provide a sheet of metal which can be quickly heated,which will absorb some but not too much heat,'and which will reflectheat, to accomplish the desired results hereinafter referred to. l

Another object is to provide such a device with heat insulating materialbelow the reflecting sheet.

Another object is to provide such a board together with a thin clothcovered metal sheet, adapted to be placed over a collar or a part or allof some article to be ironed, in such manner that the user may run theat iron over the second sheet for ironing the article between thesheets.

With these and other objects in view, my in` vention consists in theconstruction, arrangement and combination of the various parts of mydevice, whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinaftermore fully. set forth, pointedv outein my claims, and illustrated in theaccompanying drawing,'in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of an ironing board equipped with a metalsheet and embodyingA my invention.

Figure 2 is a transverse, sectional view taken on the line 2---2l ofFigure 1.

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view through a second sheet to beattached for ironing collars and the like. In the accompanying drawing,I have used the reference numeral 10 to indicate generally an ordinarywooden ironing board supported by the usual foldable legs 11 and 12, andbraces 13.

On the top of the ironing board, I place a thin l the board, so that itwill not expand to the edges l thereof when heated.

An ordinary cloth pad 16 may be placed over the sheet 14 and fastened tothe board 10 in any suitable way.

It will be understood that any means adaptable for the purpose may beused for securing the refleeting sheet 14 to the ironing board 10.

I have found by extensive tests that the ordinary ironing board absorbsa great deal of heat from the fiat iron. By using the reflecting sheet14, experiments showv that much of the heat is l reflected upwardlyinstead of being absorbed into the board 10. At first the reecting sheet14 absorbs some heat, but at all times, it reflects much of the heat. f

.By using a reflecting sheet of this kind, I nd that that the amount oielectric current necessary to keep the flat iron hot enough forsatisfactory ironing is substantially reduced. Reduction in currentamounts to as much as in the neighborhood oi 25%. This is true becauseheat ordinarily absorbed into or passing into the lwooden board isreected upwardly and is not lost where my reflecting sheet is used.Furthermore on account of the fact thatA the reecting sheet` the garmentreceives heat'from below as well as from above, and a better gloss isobtained.

Similarly, I find that there is secured with this reflecting sheet abetter gloss on ordinary white garments.

The sheet 14 should be quite thin, so it will not absorb too much heatand to reduce expense. The character of the metal and the thickness maybe varied to some extent.

Preferably insulating material 19, for instance an asbestos sheet,isplaced underneath the reflecting sheet 14. This serves to hold the heatin the reflecting sheet and to prevent-passage of heat to the woodenboard, and still further contributes to the economy of the electric'current. This heat insulating or non-heat conducting material `may be inany form and Vof varying thickness as may be desired, and may befastened tothe wooden board or to the reiiecting sheet or may be simplyplaced in position as. an independcnt unit. It makes it' pessime toreduce me thickness or the sheet 14 to a mum.

The dlculty of ironing some articles, for ingstance, collars, is Wellknown. I preferably provide for use with my board a. thin small sheet Aof metal 17, covered by cloth, canvas or the like 18, so as to be quitesmooth. li preferably provide the sheet 17 with a iexible handle or thelike 19 for convenience in handling it when hot. This sheet A can beplaced overa collar or the like, laid out on the ironing board withoutwrinkies, and the at iron then run over the slceetv A for ironing thecoller between the two heated surfaces and assuring 'the absence ofwries. Especially if the sheet A is rst heamd, this method gives anexcellent finish to starched articles.

I claim as my invention:

2. In a structure of the class described, a supporting element, a thinmetal heat reectingsheet on the supporting element wholly within theoutline thereof, a. pad outside the sheet and extendingr over the edgesthereof and secured to the supporting element.

'A .fl i" R. NORTHUP.

